Permanent Residence
Permanent Residence
Following table gives full information on the required duration of stay for a particular immigration category, different leaves that can be combined to make the required period of time and whether or not life in the UK test is necessary for the applicants or not.
| Sr. No. | Immigration Category | Required period of stay in the UK | Leaves that can be combined to make the required period of time | Life in the UK Test |
| 1 | Work Permit Holder | 5 years | HSMP, Writer, Composer, Artist and Self Employed lawyer | Yes |
| 2 | Highly Skilled Migrant | 5 years | Work Permit and Innovator | Yes |
| 3 | Tier 1 (General) | 5 years | HSMP, Work Permit, Innovator, Self employed lawyer, Writer, Composer & Artist | Yes |
| 4 | Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) | 5 years | Business Person & Innovator | Yes |
| 5 | Tier 1 (Investor) | 5 years | Investor | Yes |
| 6 | Tier 2 | 5 years | Member of Operational ground staff of overseas owned Airlines, Minister of Religion, Work permit, Representative of Overseas Newspaper etc., Tier 1 (except Tier 1 PSW) & Tier 2 | Yes |
| 7 | Self Employed Lawyer | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 8 | Innovator | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 9 | Business Person | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 10 | Investor | 5 years | None | |
| 11 | Writer | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 12 | Composer | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 13 | Artist | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 14 | Ancestry Visa | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 15 | Representatives of Overseas newspapers, News Agencies etc. | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 16 | Sole Representatives | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 17 | Oversees Govt. Employees | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 18 | Domestic workers | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 19 | Private servants in Diplomatic households | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 20 | Minister of Religion | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 21 | Airport based operation ground staff of overseas owned Airlines | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 22 | Retired Person of Independent means | 5 years | None | No |
| 23 | Long Residence – legal | 10 years | All visas as far as the leave of the person remains continuous. | Yes |
| 24 | Long Residence – Illegal | 14 years | Not Applicable | Yes |
| 25 | Gurkhas discharged from HM Forces | 4 years | None | Yes |
| 26 | Foreign / Commonwealth citizen discharged from HM Forces | 4 years | None | Yes |
| 27 | Refugee | 5 years | None | Yes |
| 28 | Discretionary Leave to remain | 6 years | None | Yes |
| 29 | Humanitarian Protection | 3 years | None | Yes |
| 30 | Spouses of persons present and settled in the UK | 2 years | None | Yes |
| 31 | Unmarried partners of persons present and settled in the UK | 2 years | None | Yes |
| 32 | Victim of Domestic Violence (Spouses / Unmarried partners of settled persons only) | No time mentioned | Not Applicable | No |
| 33 | Bereaved Partners (Spouses / unmarried partners of settled persons only) | No time mentioned | Not Applicable | No |
| 34 | Persons having right of access to their child | 1 years | None | Yes |
| 35 | Elderly Dependants | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | No |
There is a different set of requirements for each of the above-listed immigration category, to fulfil and one has to be very careful while making their applications. We offer quality services to our clients in advising them on the documents required, on the law, procedure and merits of their applications. We have an excellent success rate and have got extensive experience of dealing in complicated immigration matters of our client. Please book a consultation with us for the full assessment of the merits and the probabilities of success of your applications.
